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Patented Feb. 2 5, 1930 PATENT, OFFICE LEVITT LUZERN anemia, or DAYTON,OHIO AMusEMENr APPARATUS Application filed February 25, 1929.

This invention relates to amusement apparatus.

It-is the object of this invention to provide,

mounted for travel and the conveyance of passengers. y

' It :is the purpose of this invention, in connection with .trackways ofthis kind, to pro- 10 vide cars thatare adapted to be adjusted to thenature of the undulation so that the car may be maintained in ahorizontal position, but the passenger must maintain the car in thisposition by means of a control lever 15- which can be operated to tiltthe car forward,

rearward or to one side, according to the na- "ture of theinclinationuof. the. support'for the car. Thus the passenger mustmaintain his vehicle seat inits proper direction and in a 20 horizontalposition. i

It is a further object of this invention, in

connection with an undulating track, to provide automatic means forbringing the seat to alevel position when desired by the out- 25v sidecontrol so as to permit the passenger to get on or E in a convenient andsafe position;

i It is a still further object of this invention to simulate thedifficulties of flying andthe, I control of a flying machine foramusement '30 apparatus that will be adaptable to all kinds and types ofpassengers. In spite of the undulating natureof the track, by propermanip'ulation of the control lever the car may be maintained insubstantially horizontal position, and it is this control feature thataffords one of the attractive points of this invention. 7 a In theaccompanying drawings is shown a preferred embodiment of this invention.40 Referring to the drawings:

which the cars are operated.

Figure2 is a view in elevation. V e t Figure 3 is a side view ofthetruck part of the car, showing itsconnection with the track. I F igure 4isan end view similar to Figure 3.

Figure l is a plan view of the trackway on showing the trackway' o0Figure 5 is a side elevation of the car and Serial No. 342,336.

its support, without the truck mechanism for supporting the car on thetrack.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the car.

Figure 7 is a vertical, longitudinal section on the line 7-7 of Figure6.

Figure 8 is a section on the line 8--8 of Figure 7.

Figure 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Figure 8.

Figure 10 is a section on the line l0-1O of Figure 9.

Figure 11 is a section on theline 11-11 of Figure 8.

Figure '12 is a Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a side elevation of the manual control and the tillerapparatus for the car. Figure 14 is a front elevation thereof, taken onthe line l l -l i of Figure 13.

' Figure 15 is a section on the line 15-15 of Figure 13.

Figure 16 is a bottom plate.

Figure 17 is a bottom trol segments.

Figure 18 is a detail view of one of the control stick yokes.

Figure 19 is a detail View of one of the control stick segments. v

Figure 20 is a detail of another control segment. I

Figure 21 is a section on the line 21-21 of Figure 7.

Figure 22 is a section on the line 22-22 of Figure 21.

Figure 23 is'a diagrammatic view of the contacts, Wiring and motorapparatus for controlling the car.

Figure 24 is a detail side elevation of a contact arm and roller.

Figure 25 is a section on the line 2525 of Figure 24:. I f

This invention particularly relates to a truck mechanism for supportingthe appa ratus upon the track and its combination with the car and carcontrol features and the track itself, and for the purpose of fullysection on the line 12-12 of plan view of the tiller plan view of thecondefining applicants invention, the nature of the car and its controlare Referring to the drawings in detail, 1 is a supporting base for thenon-rotating standard 2. This standard, as will be seenin Figure 21, ishollow and forms a passageway for after described. This sleeve 3 isattached to the support 2 by the set screws 4. Mounted upon the sleeveand stationarily attached thereto is a gear 5 pinned to the supportshaft 2 by the pin 6.

The circuit is preferably a 220 volt circuit,

one side of which is groundedat 7 on the side designated 8, while theother side 9 is provided with a two-way switch 10. This switch engageson one side with the automatic con trol lead 11 thatis in turn connectedby the wire 12 to the contact full circle ring 13 and by the wire 14 tothe less than semi-circular contact ring 15; and by the wire 16 to thelessthan semi-circular contact ring 17. The switch 10 is adapted toengage on the other hand with the manual control lead 18 which engagesthrough the wire 19 with the full circle contact bar 20. 7

Referring further to Figure 23, it will be noted that the manualcontrol,'which is that control operated by the operator in the seat,operates as follows. The contact ring 20 engages with a contact finger21 that moves" with the seat, being carried upon the depend ing arm 22that issuspended from the seat structure and turns without beingfastened to the sleeve 23 on the bracket member 24.

This contact member 21 is connected by the wire 25 to the contact member26 which controls the banking of the seat, that is,its lateral movementon a fore and aft axis; and to contact member 27 that controls theelevator motor which is the motorthat regulates the fore and aftmovement of the seat on a transverse pivotal axis or the axis the seatmay have assumed in itsbanking operation; and to the contact member 28which controls the turn'motorthat revolves the seat in either direction.7

It will be understood that these motors are reversible, that thesecontacts control the re versing of the motors as well as the directionof movement. The position of the contacts 26, 27 and 28 is determined bythe operators hands, and the foot-operated tiller plate 30 operated bythe operators feet.

I The bank contact 26 is adapted to engage with either of the spacedcontact segments 31 or 32. Engagement with the contact segment 31 leadsthe current through the wire 33 to the bank motor 34 and thence by .wire35 to the ground 36. Contact between the contact 26 and the segment 32leads the current to through the wire 37 to the motor 34 and thence bywire 35 to the ground 36 and the motor turns in a clockwise direction.When the contact 26 is in a neutral position between the segments 31 and32, the motor israt rest.

Likewise the elevator motor 38 is controlled by the engagement of thecontact member 27 On the other hand, the contact member 27* whenit'engages with the segment 43 and which in turn is attached to the wire44 and the motor 38, results in moving the motor 38 in a clockwisedirectlon.

Turning to the contact member 28, 1 5'W1ll be noted that when it engagesthe segment 45,

the current will be conveyed through the wire 46 to the turn motor 47which is grounded by the wire 48 to the ground 49. This results in thecounterclockwise movement of the motor. Upon the engagement of thecontact member 28 with the segment 50 the cur rent is led through thewire 51 to the motor 47, which turns in a clockwise direction. Thecontacts 26 and 27 are controlled by thecontrol stick 29. The controlstick controls the banking and the elevating. Thetillerfplate30'controls the turn motor 47, which determinesthe rotation of the seat.

Referring to the automatic control, the function of which will beexplained 1n detail I hereinafter, the mechanism forthis purposeconsists of the following: To bring the seat back to its normal,inoperative position, so far as rotation is concerned, I employ. the staV tionary contacts 15 and 14,'wh ch are located one below the otherinstaggered relationship,

as each of them is substantially less than a semiecircle. As will, beseen in Figure 22,

there is a gap 52 and 53at either end between the segments, so that thecontact members 54 and 55 located one above the other,may come to restin an area where neither of them engages their respective contactsegments 15 and 17, so that the motor will come to rest and will havereturned the chair to its normal 'inoperative position. The contactmember 54 is connected by the wire 54 to the counterclocke wise side ofthe turn motor, while the contact member 55 is connected by the wire 56to the clockwise side of the motor.

Turning to the automatic circuit for bringing the elevator motor back toneutral, ,horia Zont'al position of the chair, the movable contactfinger 57 is adapted to engage with the full circle 13, which isstationary.

between 61 and 62 without contact with either 1 57 in turn. is connectedto the wire 58 and the wire, 59 is motor 38 by. the wire 64.

Turning to the automatic control 7 of '1 The con tact segment 61 isconnecteidto'the counterclockwise side of the; elevator motori38 bythewire 63. The segment 62 is connected to the clockwise side of theelevator,

of the bank motor to. bring the chair back through the bank motorsoperation to its normal inoperative position, from' a lateral dipping byreason of banking, I provide a wire 65 that is connected to the wire 58.The free end of thewire 65 has a contact member 66 whichisnormallylocatedbetween the spaced segments 67 and 68. -Th-e segment 67 isconnected by the wire 69 to the bank motor 34 so that when thisengagement is made the bank motor will turn in a counterclockwisedirection. On the other hand, the contact 66 when it'en'gages with thesegment 68 is connected to the clockwise side of the bank motor 34 bythe wire 70. When the contact member 66 is located between 67 and 68 themotor is atlrest and the chair has been brought to its horizontalposition with respect to its lateral tipping.

j Thus I provide two systems, one of manual control, by which theoperators skill is necessary in order to maintain'the proper directionandihorizorital position of the chair, and an automatic control that islocated remote from the chairto be controlled by an 0 outside operatorso that at the end of the amusement period the outside operator can'switchthe current from the manual control manager of the amusementapparatus.

Turning from the circuit to the specific mechanism, it will be notedthat the chair 71 is mounted upon a plate 72 having depending arms 73which can be seen both in Figure 7 and particularly in section in Figure9. These arms are mounted on the shafts 73 and 74, which are pinned tothe arms by thepins 75 and '76. The shafts are jour nalled in line withone another in the block 77. The pin 7 8 carried by the block is adaptedto engage with spaced ears 79 on the rear bracket arm 7 8. This limitsthe lateral movementof the chair, the arms 73 and the plate 72. Thechair, plate and arms are rotated by applying power to the shaft 74through the worm gear 80 which is mounted thereon.

This worm gear is driven bya worm 81 I mounted on the shaft 82' carriedin the vertical sleeve 83 of thesupportingplate 84. Th'e'lower end ofthis shaft 82 is provided with a second worm gear 85 that is clutched tothe shaftby the tapered clutch member 86, which is forced into.engagement, as will be seen in Figure 12, to the interior of the wormgear sleeve 87 by the spring 88, the free end of which abuts against thewasher 89 of the shaft 82.

A key 90 works in a keyway 91 on the interior of the tapered clutch plug86 to guide it inwardly and outwardly on the shaft 82 and to cause it toturn with the shaft 82. A ring 92 is pinned by the pin 93 to the shaft82 and is located between the shoulder 94 on the shaft 82- and the gear85, to provide a bro-ad frictionsurface on the side of the gear oppositetheclutch sleeve 87. This gear 85 is engaged by aworm 95 which iscarried on the armature shaft 96 of the bank motor 34. This bank motor34 is suspended from the underside of the supporting plate 84.

This plate 84 also carries the block 77 which is attached thereto by theset screws 97. The

block 7 7 and the plate 84 turn together with of the shafts 7 3 and 74.A key 100 attaches this shaft 98 to the block 77. The free ends of thisshaft are supported in the upstanding spaced ears 101 on the upper endof the bracket supporting member which is 'swivelly mounted upon theupper end of the hollow standard 2 by means of the inverted hollowcylindrical structure, generally designated as the bracket member 24that is adapted to rotate upon the hollow standard 2. This rotationiseffected by the turn motor 47 and its associated mechanism, which willbe hereinafter described.

Before describing the turn motor, however, I will now describe theelevator mechanism which operates the shaft 98 to throw the seat foreand aft for elevating purposes. The shaft 98 carries the worm gear 102.The worm'gear 102 is in turn driven by worm 103 on the shaft 104, thelower end of which has mounted thereon the worm gear 105 which mesheswith the worm 106. This shaft 104 is carried in the sleeve 107, which isa part of the bracket supporting member 24. The worm 106 is mounted onthe armature shaft 108 of the elevator motor 38 that is suspended fromthe underside of the plate bracket support 109, which is formed as apart of the rotatable swinging bracket-support 24. The lower end of theshaft 104 is provided with a clutch mechanism similar to that mounted onthe shaft 82 and like numbers indicating similar mechanism.

Turning to the turn mechanism shown in side elevation in Figure 7 and inplan in Figure 8, it will be noted that the motor 47 is mounted upon amotor supporting plate or bracket 110 which is a part of the bracketsupporting member 24. This armature shaft 111 of this motor drives aworm 112 that en- I to rock laterally.

for revolving the elevating mechanism to neutral, horizontal position, Iprovide an in.- sulated segment 11? which is carried on an arm 118 on.the shaft 98. It carries the contacts (31 and .62 while the supportingplat form 109 carries the contact member 60. j

With respect to the automatic mechanism for restoring'the bankingmechanism to neutral, horizontal position, I provide a segment 119 whichin turn is carried by the arm 120 on the elevator shaft 74. The end ofthis segment carries the contacts 67 and 68 while the contact member 66is carried on the bracket121. This bracket 121 is mounted on the sleeve83. p v

The seat '71 has depending from it a heel ooard 122, a floor board 123and semi-circu ar dashboard 124. ()n this floor board 123 here ismounted a pair of spaced brackets and 126, which serve to support theshaft 27 on which is pivotally mounted the bracket 128 carrying controlstick 29. This conl stick is provided with a sleeve 130 having alaterallyextending and forwardly pro ectin arm 131, from which depends alink '3 132 which, at its free end, is'pivotally connected to abellcrank 133. This bellcrank carries on its other free depending armthe elevator segment 134 which carriesthe contacts 39 and 43. Thissegment is free to rotate on the shaft 127.

Another segment 135, known as the bank segment, carrying the contacts 31and 32 is provided with an upstanding pin or finger 136 which has an eye13l' for receivingthe shaft 127 on which it is pivotally mounted. Asthe'stick 29 is pivoted at 138 on the stub shaft support 139 that isfitted into the brackct 128, it can rock laterally and when it does sothe aw 140 of the sleeve 130 engages the upstanding pin 136, causing thesegment 135 As this segment carries the contact'member 27 engagingalternately with the contacts 39'and 43 on the segment 134 of the ele--vator, the fore and aft movement of the control stick 29 Wlll move theelevator 43 so that when the stick is pushed forward the chair hand thechair will turn to the right, and

when pulled to the lefthand thefchair Willtilt to the left, but suchmovement does not disturbthe relative position of the segment 134, itscontacts and the contact member 27,

which is carried on the segment 135, as these. two segments traveltogether as a body when 1 the stick 29 is moved laterally.

The elevator rudder plate is pivotally mounted on the upstandingstandard 141 mountedon the floor'board 123. The feet of the operatorengage the respective arcuate ends142 of the rudder plate. The contactmember 28 1s stationarily mounted upon the standard 143 on the floorboard 123 so that it will alternately engage'with the contacts and onthe underside of the rudder plate.

The lugs 144 serve as stop lugs which engage with the bracket 24 tolimit the fore and aft movement of the chair. The clutches pro-- 1(l9.means for the motor to continue to turn even if the chair is stopped inits position so that the gears will not be stripped or the sulat'ingmaterial to insulate the chair from V the remainder of the mechanism,

Referring to Figures 24 and 25, a typical,v

contact member such as 54 consists of a roller supported in a box-.54ona'flexible strip-54 for maintaining the contact roller in yield-, ingposition. v r

Method of operation It will be understood that my invention.

comprehends the use of avswivelly and pivotally mounted chair in whichthe operator sits, the position of which the operator endeavors tocontrolby a hand lever 29 control-' ling the fore. and aft tilting andthe lateral tilting of the chair, and a foot control guiding mechanismwhich controls the position in which the chair'faces, and the rotationof.

the'chair for so positioning it. As the motors are continuously turningin one direction or the other, except as the contacts happen to passover the neutral points, and as the seat of the operator in the chairplus the weight of the chair itself and its mechanism will tend to tiltthe chair in one direction or the other, it will require considerableskill to maintain the chair in neutralposition, where it is horizontal.That is the objective of the person sitting in the chair and being amuseY By pushing the lever 29 forward the chair is dipped forwardly. Bypulling the lever towards the occupant of the chair the chair tiltsbackwardly. By movingthe lever to the righthand the chair will tilt tothe right and by moving the lever to the lefthand the chair will tilt tothe left. By pushing on the tiller plate 30 with the right foot thechair willrevolve in a clockwise direction, and by understoodthat thecontacts 13, 15, 17 and 20- pushing with the left foot it will revolvein a counterclockwise direction. It will be are stationary and that allthe other contacts :move with the chair. f

When the automatic control is connected in circuit, and the manualcontrol is rendered inoperative, the following occurs: The conapplicantsamusement apparatus.

tact 54 in engagement with the contact 17, serves to revolve the chairin a counterclockwise direction until the contact 54 leaves the contact17, which is stationary. If the momentum of the chair is sufiicient, itmay be brought to a position where the contact 55 engages the contact15, which will returnfthe chair in the opposite orv clockwise direction.

This alternate movement continues until the contacts finally come torest on the dead spot away from the contacts 15 and 17 so that the chairis automatically brought to rest.

The movement is similar to thatof a pendulum whose movement finally diesout and it comes to rest in a vertical position.

The same thing is true of the contact with respect to the contacts 61and 62, as to the elevator or fore and aft tilting movement. The samething is also true with respect to contacts 66, 67 and 68, as tothebanking or lateral tilting movement.

In Figures 5 and 7 the seat and its supporting standard 2 are shown asbeing supported by a base member 1, but in the present instance thestandard 2 is supported by a truck frame as shown in Figures 3 and 4.Figure 1 shows a general layout of the trackway that is adapted to beused in connection with i In this figure the reference numeral 147 isused to indicate the loading and unloading platform, r where passengersenter and leave the cars.

The trackway itself is indicated by the numeral 148' and is'shown to becrooked and having a serpentine shape. In Figure 2 this trackway isshown to have various elevations,

some of them abrupt and others less abrupt in their ascent anddescent.The gradual elevation of the track is shown by the numeral 149, whilethe more abrupt ascents and declines' are represented by thereferencenumeral 150. I

The tra'ckway used in connection with this device consists of two rails,a lower rail 151 and'an-upperrail substantially vertical above the firstrail, and indicated by the numeral 152; l Vhile under normal conditionsthese rails'are supposed to be one above the other,

at curves the rails'may be adjusted so as to preserve the equilibrium ofthe seat as much as possible; or they may be used at the curves oneabove the other as in straight lines of the track, The lower rail issupported by tie members 153. Extending upward from the'tie members andresting upon the upper surfaces thereof are bracket members 154. Thesebracket members are U-shaped with one of the prongs resting uponthe'ties :and supporting the lower rail, while the other rail issuspended from the other prong and fastened thereto by means of bolts,or any other suitable means.

Bracing the brackets 154 are braces 155 attached to the ties at one endand the upper part of the bracket at the other end so as to hold thetrackways in rigid position.

Traveling along the trackways are cars- 155. Thesecars are supported bytruck members which have frames, indicated by the numeral 156. Suitablymounted upon each frame is a motor 157, which has the usual motor shaft158 that has on the end thereof the gear 159, which meshes with twoother gears 160 on truck wheels, as shown in Figure 3. These truckwheelsare indicated by the numeral 161, and are used as drive wheels.

The gears 160 and the drive wheels 161 are mounted upon common shafts163, which are supported in arms 162 extending diagonally downward fromthe frame part of the truck. These drive wheels are operated by means ofthe motor through the gear 159 which" meshes with each of the drivewheel gears that operate the drive wheels to cause the whole vehicle,and its supported seat to travel along the trackway.

The outer peripheries of the drive wheels have flanges on each sidethereof, indicated by the numeral 164. These flangesprovide grooves 165,in which the tracks 151 and 152 engage for the purpose of holding thewhole apparatus upon the trackway and to keep it from tilting.

Extending from the frame part of each apparatus there is an arm 166,which has there on two rollers 167 which contact with each side of thelower flange of the upper rail for means of switches under control ofthe opera'-' tor stationed on the loading and unloading platform themotor may be controlled for the purpose of starting and stopping theapparatus at any time, and also the position of the seat occupied by theoccupant of the car may be controlled for the purpose of getting on andgetting off the seat.

After the apparatus is started and the passenger is in the seat he issupposed to operate the device so as to control the position of the seatthat he occupies, and for this purpose there is provided a hand operatedlever 29 and a foot operated lever or bar 30. The whole purpose of thisdevice is for the occupant, in going around the track with its curvesand inclines, to maintain his seat in a horizontal position as nearly aspossible,

and if he does not do this to give him a motion somewhat similar to thatof an airplane the frame by means of a connecting arm 170.

This arm has in the end remote from the frame a slot 171 in which thereis a bearing 172. In'this bearing the buffer wheel 169 rotates, and ifanything should hit the wheel it yields, dueto the spring 17 3 locatedin the slot 172. This spring 17 Shes one end against the end of the slotand the other'end thereof against the bearing so that the bearing isnormally held in the end of the slot remote from the frame.

In order to deaden the shock due to the rebound from the action of thespring when the obstruction is removed from the wheel 169, there isprovided a bufier member 17 4, in the far end of the slot from thespring andbetween that end of the slot and the bearing. This buffer maybe of wood, leather, rubber or any other substance that would tend todeaden shock caused by the bearing being forced back into its normalposition through the action of the spring 17 3Q It will be observed fromthe foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings,especially Figure Lthat when the passenger takes his seat at the loadingplatform and the apparatus is started he has nothing to do with themovement of the car along the trackway, that being absolutely under thecontrol of the local'operator, but that the passenger does have controlof the position of his seat in regard to the support on the trackway andthis control is effected by means of the hand lever 29 and the footlever 30.

It is the purpose of these levers that the occupant, in handling his cararound the curves and up and down the inclines, can with properskill'maintain his seat in substantially horizontal position. It is oneof the main purposes of this invention that the occupant acquire a skillin so handling his car that he can maintain it in substantially ahorizontal position regardless'of the sharp curves and thesteen'inclines alon which the car travels. v L 1 I an airplane as itmakesjits turns and curves is In case that he does not acquire thiscontrol the car will have substantiallythe motion of in its flight inthe air. Y

I desire to-comprehend within my invention such modifications as beclearly embraced within my claims and the scope of my invention. 3Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is: 1

1. In an amusement apparatus in conbi- 2. In an amusement apparatus incombi- V nation with an undulating and curved track way, a trucksupported by and movable along said trackway, a seat supported by saidtruck, and means adjacent said seat to adjust said seat to a horizontalposition regardless .of the-vertical position of the truck and the seatsupport.

3. In an amusement tion with an undulating trackway, a seat supported byand movable along said trackway, and means adjacent said seat andoperable to tilt said seat rearward when going down an incline.

4;. In an amusement apparatus in combination with'a curved trackway, aseat sup ported by and movable along said trackway, and means operablefrom said seat to tilt said seat laterally to maintain said seat in ahorizontal position when rounding curves apparatus in combine-"- nationwith an undulating and curved trackway, an-operators'seat, said seatbeing supported for rotation and fore and aft and lateral tilting, andpower means to operably maintain saidseat in a horizontal positionand'in a forward direction as the seat moves along said trackway;

6. In an amusement apparatus, a track way, a truck member adapted tomove along said trackway, an operators seat supported by said truck,andpower means operable from said seat to rotate said seat as the truckmoves along said trackway.

7. In an amusement apparatus, a trackway, a truck member adapted to movealong said trackway, an operators'seat supported by said truck, andpower means operable from said seat to tilt said seat laterally as thetruck moves along said trackway. j

8. In an amusement apparatus, a trackway, a truck member adapted to movealong saidtrackway, an operators seatsupported by said truck, and powermeans operable from said seat to tilt said seat backward and forward asthe truck moves along said trackway. 9

ally and forwardly'and backwardly as the truck moves along saidtrackway.

10. In an amusement apparatus, a trackway having vertically-disposedrails, a truck' supported by and adapted to move along said trackway, anoperators' seat supported by,

-disposed.rails, a truck supported by and "adapted to move along saidtrackway, an "operator s seat supported by said truck, and meansoperable from said seat to move said saidti'ucln and means to tilt saidseat as said truck moves along sald trackway.

'11. In an amusement apparatus, a curved .trackway having verticallydisposed rails, a 'truck supported by and adapted to more alongSEL1Cl-t-I&Cl(Wly,'aIl operators seat supported by said truck, and meansto tilt said seat'laterally to overcome the tilting ofthe seat duet-othe seat traveling on said curved trackway.

- 12. In an amusement, apparatus, an undulatingtrackway havingvertically disposed rails, a truck supported, by and adapted to movealong saidtrackway, an operators seat supported by said truck, and meansoperable fromsaid seat to maintain said seat in a horizontal position asthe truck passes over the undulating trackway.

13. Inan amusement apparatus, an undulatin and curved trackwav havingvertically seatto adjust it to a horizontal position as the truck movesalong saidtraclnvay.

'14:. In an amusementapparatus, an undulating and curved trackway havingvertically disposed rails, a truck supported by and adapted to movealong said trackway, an operators seat supported bysaid truck, anelectric motor connected to said seat and fadaptedtorotate the seat, andmeans adjacent said seat to operate said motor to rotate these at. I a

. 15. In an amusement apparatus, an undulating and curved trackwayhaving vertically disposed rails, a truck supported by and adapted tomove along said trackway, an

operators seat supported by said truck, said seat adaptedto be tiltedlaterallyand baek- Ward and forward, and electric motor means connectedto said seat and adapted totilt said seat as the truck moves along saidtrackway. .16. In an amusementapparatus, an unclulating trackway havingvertically disposed rails, a truck supported by andadapted to move alongsaid trackway, an operators seat supported by said truck, said seatadapted to be tiltedlaterally and backward and forward,

motor means connected to said seat and {adapted totilt said seat, andmeans for operating said motor. v

z i 17; In an amusement apparatus, an undu- 'latin'g trackway, anoperators seat supported by said trackway and adaptedto tilt lat-,erally and forward andbackward, a plurality of electric motorssupported bysaid seat, contact means for operating the motorsselectively, and manually operated means for opcrating. said contactmeans, 7 18. In an amusement apparatus, an undulating trackway, anoperators seat supported by said trackway and adaptedto tilt laterallyand forward and backward, a plurality of --electric.motors supported bysaid seat, contact means for operatingthe motors selectively, andmanually operated lever means for operating said contact means.

19. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a seatrotatably supported to travel on said trackway, means to rotate saidseat including a motor, a current supply for said motor, and afoot-operated contact means in said current for operating erated by apersonin said seat.

21. In an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulatingtraekway, a truck havinga stationary standard, a seat revolvably mountedthereon, a rotating supporting means, means on the rotating supportingmeans permitting of lateral and fore and aft tilting of the seat, acurrent supply stationarily located, a movable current take-oil movingwith the seat for supplying a plurality of motors, a turn motor carriedon said rotating supporting means, an elevator and a bank motor carriedthereon, a plurality of rever-' vsible switches, operable from said seatfor reversing the direction of said motors, a hand control for operatingsaid switches, reversing the dlrection of the elevator and bank motors,and afoot control for reversing thedirection of the turn motor, saidreversing switches of the elevator and bank motors being so arrangedthat they move together 'whereby they maintain their respective,relative positions so that either of them may be adjusted irrespectiveof the lateral or fore and aft position of the hand control.

22. In an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulatmgtrackwa-y, a truck having a stationary supporting standard, a

seat bracket revolvable thereon, a seat mountedthereon adapted to tiltlaterally and fore and aft on the bracket, motors for moving said seatrotatably on the standard and for tilting the seat laterally andfore'and aft= on the bracket,'a stationary source of current supply, amovable contact for said current supply connected to the motors carriedwith the seat, a plurality of reversing switches for said motors. two ofsaid switches being manually controlled, one of said switches consisting:of a pair of spaced contact members movable with the manual control anda stationary contact member carried by the seat, a second pair ofcontactvmembers movable by the manual control and a second alternatecontact member therefor adapted to move with the first pair of contactmembers whereby the lateral movement of the first pair of contactmembers will reverse the motor to which they are connected and the foreand aft movement of the manual means will reverse the motor to which thesecond pair of'contacts is connected. 23. In-an amusement apparatus incombination with a trackway, a truck having a stationary standard, arevolving chair support mounted thereon, means for rotating said chairsupport and the chair, means for mounting the chair to tilt laterallyand fore and aft on the support, means for moving said chair laterallyand fore and aft in opposite tilting positions, a fioorboard suspendedfrom the seat, a manual control stick pivotally mounted thereon for foreand aft and lateral movement, a pair of segmental contact supportingmembers connected thereto so arranged that one of them will be movedlaterally with respect to the other upon the fore and aft movementof thecontrolstick, and both of them will move together upon the lateralmovement of the control stick, pairs of contacts mounted on saidmembers, a stationary contact adapted to engage with the 30 pairs ofcontacts alternately that are moved by the lateral movement of thecontrol stick, and a movablecontact member adapted to engage with a pairof contacts that are moved by the fore and aft movement of the control35 stick.

24. In'an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulating curvedtrackway, a truck having a stationary standard, a revolving chair"support mounted thereon, means for rotating said chairsupport and thechair, means for mounting the chair to tilt laterally and fore and afton the support, means for moving said chair laterally and fore and aftin opposite tilting positions, a floorboard suspended from the seat, amanual control stick pivotally mounted thereon for foreand aft andlateral movement, a pair of segmental contact supporting membersconnected thereto so arranged that one of them will be moved laterallywith respect to the other upon the fore and aft movement of the controlstick, and both of them will move together upon the lateral movement ofthe control stick, pairs of contacts mounted on said members, astationary contact adapted to engage with the'pairs of contactsalternately that are moved by the lateral movement of the control stick,and'a movable contact member adapted to engage with a pair of contactsthat are moved by the fore and aft movement of the control stick, saidmovable contact member being adapted to move with the first mentionedpairs of contacts that engage with the'stationary contact.

5 25. In an amusement apparatus in combination with an undulating curvedtrackway, a truck havmg a stationary standard, a revolving chair supportmounted thereon, means for rotating said chair support and the chair,

means for mounting the chair to tilt laterally and fore and aft on thesupport, means for moving said chair laterally and fore and aft inopposite tilting positions, a floorboard suspended from the seat, amanual control stick pivotally mounted thereon for fore. and aft andlateral movement, a pair of segmental contact supporting membersconnected thereto so arranged that one of them will be moved laterallywith respect to the other upon the fore and aft movement of the controlstick and both of them will move together upon the lateral movement ofthe control stick, pairs of contacts mounted on said members,

a stationary contact adapted to engage with the pairs of contactsalternately that are:

moved by the lateral movement of the corn adapted to engagewith a pairof contacts that are moved by the fore and aftmovement of V thecontrolstick, said movable contactmem-- bination with an undulatingcurvedtrackway, a truck having a supporting standard having a stationarygear thereon, a ring contact for supplying current, a revolvable bracketmounted on the standard, a movable contact member suspended therefromengaging the stationary contact for supplying cur rent to aplurality ofmotors, a turn motor supported on said bracket, apinion engaging V thestationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt foreand aft on said Y bracket, an elevator motor suspended there from, meansdriven by said motorfor tilting said tilting platform fore and aft, onthe rotatable'bracket, means for pivotally mount ing a chair for lateraltilting on the tilting 'trol stick, and a movable contact memberplatform,a motor mounted on the tilting platform, means connectedthereto for tilting said chair laterally from side to side on thetilting platform,and revolvable switches con nected to said motorscontrolled by thecloccupant of the seat.

'27.'In an amusement apparatus in com. binat1on with a' trackway, a,truclrhaving-a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, aring contact for supplymg current, a revolvablebracket mounted on'thestandard, am ovable contact member suspended therefrom en aging thestationary contact for supplying current to a plurality 'of motors, aturn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationarygear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft onsaid bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven bysaidmotor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on therotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateraltilting on the tilting platform, a motor mounted on the tiltingplatform, means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally fromside to side on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected tosaid motors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said vcontrol meansconsisting of a stick control for the fore and aft and lateral tilting,and a foot control for the rotating of the chair.

28. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a truckhaving a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a ringcontact for supplying cur- ,rent, a revolvable bracket mounted on theStandard, a movable contact member suspended therefrom engaging thestationary contact for supplying current to a plurality of motors, aturn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationarygear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft onsaid bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven bysaid motor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on therotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateraltilting on the tilting plate, a motor mounted on the tilting platform,means connected thereto for tilting'said chair laterally from side toside on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected to saidmotors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said control control thelateral tilting of the chair.

' 29. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a trackway, a truckhaving a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, a, ringcontact for supplying current, a-revolvable bracket mounted" on I thestandard, a movable contact member suspended therefromengaging thestationary gear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapt- 1 contact forsupplying current to a plurality 3 of motors, a turn motor supported onsaid bracket, a pinion engaging the stationary ed to tilt fore and afton said bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven bysaid motor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on therotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateraltilting on the tiltingplate, a motor F mounted on the tilting platform,means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally from side toside on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected to saidmotors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said control meansconsisting of a stick control for the fore and aft and lateral tilting,a foot control for the rotating of the chair, said stick controlswitches being so arranged that the fore and aft movement of the stickwill control the fore and aft tilting of the chair, and the lateralmovement of the stick will control the lateral tilting of the chair,means on said tilting platform for limiting the fore and aft movementthereof, and means associated with the chair for limiting the lateraltilting of the chair with respect to the tilting platform.

30. In an amusement apparatus in combination with a meandering trackway,a truck having a supporting standard having a stationary gear thereon, aring contact for supplying current, a revolvable bracket mounted on thestandard, a movable contact member suspended therefrom, engaging thestationary contact for supplying current to a plurality of motors, aturn motor supported on said bracket, a pinion engaging the stationarygear driven thereby, a tilting platform adapted to tilt fore and aft onsaid bracket, an elevator motor suspended therefrom, means driven bysaid motor for tilting said tilting platform fore and aft on therotatable bracket, means for pivotally mounting a chair for lateraltilting on the tilting platform, a motor mounted on the tiltingplatform, means connected thereto for tilting said chair laterally fromside to side on the tilting platform, revolvable switches connected tosaid motors controlled by the occupant of the seat, said control meansconsisting of a stick control for the fore and aft and lateral tilting,and a foot control for the rotating of the chair, said stick controlswitches being so arranged that the fore and aft movement of the stickwill control the fore and aft tilting of the chair, and the lateralmovement of the stick will control the lateral tilting of the chair,means on said tilting plate for limiting the fore and aft movementthereof, and means associated with the chair for limiting the lateraltilting of the chair with respect to the tilting platform, and clutchmeans associated with said tilting platform, and clutch means associatedwith said tilting motors for permitting their continued movement whenthe tilting in any direction has reached its limit.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

LEVITT LUZERN CUSTER.

